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  1. Shed 1969

    What bulb?

    Shed 1969 replied to Raider's topic in Electrical

    it gets worse.......
  2. Shed 1969

    What bulb?

    Shed 1969 replied to Raider's topic in Electrical

    ..oh yes sorry bulbs ...try this place http://www.flowerbulbsinc.co.uk/?gclid=CKT_8NvmvcECFVDKtAod8AEABQ
  3. Shed 1969

    What bulb?

    Shed 1969 replied to Raider's topic in Electrical

    MES (Minature edision screw) or similar try Farnell http://uk.farnell.com/lux/g987-5/lamp-mes-12v-2-2w/dp/1139224 If they havent got one I will show my arse in Burtons window!
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    Sorry babel fish just crashed but I think I got the jist and the answer is no you canot borrow my latex collection
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    I’ve heard about your "Hands on" ....are you still wearing the tag? I think the key points are that Newbie’s should be encouraged to go to a local meeting prior to the DM to get the "crack" from someone who has done it before- if they can’t make a meeting  for whatever reason ...get in touch with some "grumpy old gits up North via email/phone" to get the crack.. or click on a box somewhere on the site that says "newbie’s information" that way they don’t have to embarrass them self asking school boy questions or trying to translate "grumpy Northern" dialect
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    Martin has a very very good point newbie’s go to their local meeting a couple of months before the event and take /ask advice from some of the “old RBR hands” who have arranged to be at  the local meeting Taking it a step further – Maybe some of the “old hands” could list their contact detail in the RBR members only bit of the forum  and a preferred way of being contacted ? A “newbie’s checklist” could be made available to take away at local meets prior to the event? Just thoughts…
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    Updated my blog- has pictures- and RBR write up after the plastic pig stuff http://shedtunecars.blogspot.co.uk/
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    Ive used Google / one drive etc in the past to share folders would that work?
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    TR7Nutter wrote:We're famous !!  ;)  15th October edition... Cool ..I took two of those photos
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    "I need to get in touch with the Yorkshire element. Is there a thriving branch up here?" ...Have a crack with with Martin Randle...the group is thriving not sure about his 2000 mind....! ;)  take your own pies and scoff them before the others see them...
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    well said mike got it spot on there
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    Ref food - its not a good idea to eat big meals on the route-best off eating little and often,fruit,bit of chocolate etc it keeps the energy levels up and prevents "Tracey island incidents" Having Celoiac disease I cant partake in in "Forecourt meat based savory product gourmet" thus tend to provide for my self- eggs beans and bacon are fine at the breakfast halts- hence why I was giving my sausage away ...feel free to add a pun there To be honest I wouldn't think to tell anyone at the drivers meet what to do about food -its common sense isn't it? your going to be in a car for 48 hrs two breakfasts are provided...throw a bag of ready salted in the glove box eat when peckish job done :)
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    I wouldn't change a thing ref route and start finish - I just bloody hate the A35 always have done even when I lived in Devon
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    yes! and crappers on the swiss border!
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    The trick with sat navs is to put your own POIs in along the route and go from POI to POI - and get it to demo the route before setting off -well just demo the bits where you want it to take  the arse end of no-where road instead of the fastest etc -must admit I have only used them on the last two RBRs Ive done and they are useful for looking at the road ahead,used one on the Alpine tour this year worked very well
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    mikew wrote: He would have driven all weekend (squashing badgers and foxes etc etc) and driven home given half a chance .. now thats hardcore  :) I think you win the hardcore stakes Mike- :) Changing the cam chain and tensioner the morning before the start Driving through Oxford traffic -me steering you resetting the water pump controller so we can keep the engine cool!
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    I had one 94 to 98 as my everyday car - did my first RBR in it back in 96  I had forgotten how much fun they are
  18. Shed 1969
    Buy a sprint
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    How about a marquee in field near by and a 07.00 hog roast?...it would also allow the Dolomite crews  to cook up their road kill
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    Apparently we had been forgotten about as they had a "wedding do" the same day - 2012 was ok there "in, brekkie, sign book out "  we were early -but no earlier than this year so don’t understand why they could have opened up and let people have a dump then wait in the warm for brekkie? The lady said they couldn’t open the traps until the maintenance staff were on site at 08.00 she was lucky not have a Tracey island incident in the foyer I take it the staff have to restrain from pre 08.00 bowel movements due to no maintenance staff being on site
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    Note to self- after suffering "post road trip blues" following septembers 3 day Euro 2.3k miles in the plastic pig- the remedy is not to do 2,000 miles non-stop  in a Triumph round Britain just a couple of weeks later ...I now have to  find next months fix before I go cold Turkey
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    If you added mine and Mikes BMI I think we were actually a four man team ...plus the sheep in the boot
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    Congrats and thanks to all - we made it back to the Plough - nursing a badly misfiring car No21 from Pimperene  -  we rebuilt a spare dizzy at the finish so Mike could drive home - hopefully he made it the car looked to be going well when we parted company on the M25 -got back to Somerset 2am .. Great run one of the best many thanks to Mike and all at CT ......ps I'm looking at a "barn find" sprint this week .....could spell trouble!
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    Jim, Not that I have any intention to drive any sort of car anywhere near the alps, and wouldn’t want this forum to be implied in any similar activity- where do you get all your useful info? (Apart from the web cam) on when alpine roads are open and closed and data from previous years? -that may or may not be useful in planning or not planning a theoretical trip in a randomly chosen month say  such as... September? Thanks in advance for any response
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